Update: I was unfortunately not aware of Shamus Young's severe criticism of Fallout 3 available here to link in the original piece and I regret that. It dovetails rather nicely with what I've written and it's much better executed than my piece. I strongly recommend anyone...

The next generation Xbox is revealed and Xbox Live now costs $100 a year. What do you do?

If there are no new bells and whistles, like being able to stay online anywhere you go with your phone or whatever, and there are no free games like there are with PlayStation Plus, do you still stick with the service or did the next-gen PlayStation just get a boost?

Do I get to play on my pc with xbox live and play in the same games as my xbox friends?

No? Then no.

I did however use my friends consoles and I will say I think xboxlive is the superior service(Even if its 70% ad space now)
Yes remove all ads but 10% if you actually pay the subscription make non payers watch ads before they can play or log in._________________“I do like metaphorical heroin and my heroin dealer. EA”

I cancel my current bank account because it's impossible to get the microsoft dipshits to stop auto-charging you, and then i watch while the gaming industry gets even worse than it is today, playing my pre-2010 games on my laptop until the next game industry crash.

I wouldn't have redone my XBL this year if they didn't auto charge. Ads all over my dashboard for fundamentally the same service as you get for free on PC/PS3/WiiU and yet it costs the same as a PS2, memory card and a couple games?
Yeah, no.
Maybe it would be worth of it you got free ULC ('Unlockable content' - ie, the 'fuck you' developers are fond of these days), but even then i wouldn't spend more than $30/year._________________https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuluUJK9tHY
Oi

I'd buy into those promotional deals that sell 1 month of XBL service for $1 buck at a time.
That's what I'm on right now. Hopefully I'll do the entire 2013 year on $12 bucks, instead of ~$49.99.

If that's not available, I'd expect more built in options, like a dvr connection to my television provider and bring back the option of a Netflix party in the dashboard so I could share my recorded episodes of Duck Dynasty with friends in Sweden. And they could share their tv with me. Awesome. The ability to share local tv with others will be a big step for consoles.

Free games and advertising on Live doesn't affect me so much. I just don't look at the ads...keep pounding the RB button. And anything given away freely is gonna have to suck, there's no getting around that.

I don't know if I like this alternate universe you've created. At any point do I find a herd of unicorns cuz if not...screw this alternate reality. I'M OUT!_________________It's okay to just have fun sometimes.